HPD investigating deaths of 2 women in separate attacks

Police investigate a homicide at T.C. Jester Park on Monday. Houston police said a woman was hit and killed by a vehicle in the parking lot about 3 a.m. Police are seeking a man believed to be her husband or boyfriend. less

Police investigate a homicide at T.C. Jester Park on Monday. Houston police said a woman was hit and killed by a vehicle in the parking lot about 3 a.m. Police are seeking a man believed to be her husband or ... more

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A Harris County medical examiner bags a shoe as evidence in the homicide at T.C. Jester Park on Monday.

A Harris County medical examiner bags a shoe as evidence in the homicide at T.C. Jester Park on Monday.

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Houston police say a woman was hit and killed by a vehicle about 3 a.m. Monday in the parking lot of T.C. Jester Park at 4201 T.C. Jester, and authorities are seeking a man believed to be her husband or her boyfriend. (Cody Duty / Houston Chronicle)

Houston police say a woman was hit and killed by a vehicle about 3 a.m. Monday in the parking lot of T.C. Jester Park at 4201 T.C. Jester, and authorities are seeking a man believed to be her husband or her

The boyfriend of a woman run over at a northwest Houston park on Monday has been charged with murder.

Police are looking for Jessie Blanco, who has been charged in the death of Melissa Chavez.

That death followed the fatal stabbing of another woman in an unrelated attack at a home in south Houston.

In the latest case, Houston Police Department Homicide Investigator Bart Nabors said Blanco was with Chavez not long before she was found dead about 3 a.m. in the parking lot of T.C. Jester Park at 4201 T.C. Jester. The 28-year-old woman was deliberately struck by a vehicle, police said.

Blanco, 39, the woman's boyfriend or common-law husband, was believed to be driving a white 2005 Pontiac Vibe with Texas license plate DS3W850.

The two had argued and Blanco then assaulted Chavez, police said. He then struck Chavez with his car several times, then fled, police said.

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In an unrelated incident, a 14-year-old girl found her mother stabbed to death and her brother injured inside a house in the 2800 block of Tidewater near Rocky Springs Trail, police said.

The teen came home about 11:15 p.m. Sunday after visiting her grandmother for the weekend, police said.

The mother, Jemal Lockridge Chambers, 43, and the boy were found in the same bedroom.

The boy was taken to Texas Children's Hospital. Police said he had blunt force trauma, but his condition was not released.

Police said there were no apparent signs of forced entry at the house. The girl told investigators her mother's 2013 Toyota Corolla was missing. Police are searching for the car, which has the Texas license plate BKD 5345.